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🇵🇷 Traditional dishes from Puerto Rico

3 dishes people actually cook in Puerto Rico: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Arroz con gandules

60 min · medium · 11 ingredients

Arroz con gandules, a traditional dish from Puerto Rico

Savor the rich flavors of Puerto Rican comfort food.

  • 300 g long-grain rice
  • 400 g gandules (pigeon peas)
  • 500 ml chicken broth
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Mofongo

45 min · medium · 7 ingredients

Mofongo, a traditional dish from Puerto Rico

Savor the rich flavors of Puerto Rican mofongo!

  • 4 green plantains
  • 4 garlic
  • 200 g pork cracklings
  • 60 ml olive oil
  • 240 ml chicken broth
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Pastellón

90 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Pastellón, a traditional dish from Puerto Rico

Savor the delicious layers of Puerto Rican pastellón!

  • 4 plantains
  • 500 g ground beef
  • 1 onion
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 2 garlic
  • 200 ml tomato sauce
  • 200 g cheese
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

What do people eat in Puerto Rico?

The three dishes from Puerto Rico documented in Copper are Arroz con gandules, Mofongo and Pastellón. Garlic and olive oil each appear in more than one recipe. All three are fried. One of the three needs an oven. Between them they use 18 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Puerto Rico?

The three recipes need 18 ingredients between them, of which 4 are shared by more than one dish. Chicken broth is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 21 use chicken broth. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Puerto Rico take?

Mofongo is the quickest at 45 minutes. Pastellón is the longest at 90 minutes. The median is 60 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Puerto Rico is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Puerto Rico here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Mofongo is the shortest way in.

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